BobS761 Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 I cannot believe Tom Cruise was cast as Jack Reacher. How are they gonna make him 6'5"? But still a great book series!! B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbeck76 Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 They just have to hire a bunch of shorter cast to make him look taller. Excellent books; especially the earlier ones. The latest (Wanted Man) is weak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herky Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 They just have to hire a bunch of shorter cast to make him look taller. Excellent books; especially the earlier ones. The latest (Wanted Man) is weak. Are the munchkins still working? I like the books, except for the latest ones, but I wouldn't see a movie with Cruise as the lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 (edited) Could dig a trench for Cruise like they did for Alan Ladd in some of his movies. (Probably not too clear - trench was for other actors, not for Ladd) Seems a stretch when Reacher is 6'5" and 250 lbs. I've read all of Lee Childs Reacher stories, reading the last one - Wanted Man - presently. Edited November 26, 2012 by Steve RA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remoandiris Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Never knew of the books. Trailer makes me look forward to the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vluc Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Aside from the name of the character and some plot points, no real relation to the Reacher we have come to know so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extremo Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Cruise as Reacher, for Christs sake... Who will be Reacher in the sequel, Leonardo de Caprio? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vluc Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Cruise as Reacher, for Christs sake... Who will be Reacher in the sequel, Leonardo de Caprio? LOL! No, he'll play Reacher's brother! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZinSC Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 I've never read the books, but based on what y'all are saying, it sounds like the same person that cast Cruise as Reacher is the same one that cast Willem Dafoe as John Clark in Clear and Present Danger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aglifter Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 OTH, Cruise might be the only major actor I've ever seen on film who can handle a gun well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underlug Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 OTH, Cruise might be the only major actor I've ever seen on film who can handle a gun well. I hate the guy, but, his gun handling was excellent in "Collateral" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobS761 Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 Jack Reacher takes out the evil henchmen of the Lollipop Guild! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Cruise is a good actor. Almost books have to change when adapted to film. I think movie versions should stand on their own as a film not as a comparison to the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niceash Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Just started reading the first book (thanks for pointing them out), and ya, it is funny, one of the descriptions is of a "Very large muscled man barely able to fit under the doorway, stood just slightly taller than me" You get the feeling that this should have been a Tom Selleck size part, but I have to agree, the shorter Tom can handle the action scenes pretty well. Be interesting to see how much they follow the theme of the book in the Movie, either way, looks like a good book series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Reacher does use a gun in most of the books, but, it's sort of incidental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobS761 Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 I'm pretty sure it will be a good movie regardless. Just was really surprised by the choice of actor. Still highly recommend the books, though. B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjb45 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 (edited) Read some reviews of the movie. I have not seen it yet. But I fall into the category that Cruise is miscast as JR. Very much like he when he was to play the vampire Lestat. The reviewers panned it also. Cruise pretty much is playing the same character in all his movies, it is getting lame. He did a good job in Collateral though. It was much grittier than his other stuff. BTW: I started reading JR books way back when, so undoubtedly I am biased about who I envisioned what actor could play JR. Edited December 21, 2012 by pjb45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got Juice? Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 (edited) I would have thought Dwayne Johnson 'the rock' would have been a better choice. Tom Cruise....not my first pick for the movie.... Edited December 21, 2012 by Got Juice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviesterno Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 I just went and saw it today. I have to say, the gun handling and stuff is pretty solid. And they use an OPEN rifle at the end of it! It clearly has a tactical scope and a 45' trijicon RMR on the side for close stuff. Not sure he uses it like that, but it is set up as an open gun, which is pretty sweet. All the snipers play HM and run a 308 socom M1A variant it looks like, too. They do show a guy reloading ammo, but they make him out to be a nut. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris iliff Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 First, as a Reacher fan, the choice of Cruise was a disappointment. I saw the movie today. It was good. Other than height and weight, Cruise nails Jack Reacher. Maybe no one else could get him like Cruise. For his dimunitive size, he got everything else about Reacher right imho. if i had my choice, I thought Liam Neeson would have given a good portrayal. Strong enough on screen to pull it off anyway. In the end, I think they picked "screen presence" over everything else, and it's hard to argue that Cruise doesn't have that in abundance. Again, I really liked it. I hated the typical Hollywood antigun/ gun people are nuts stuff. This attitude in any movie is standard fare nowadays. I guess I expected some of it. In the end, go see it. It's good enough that 5'7" Cruise will make you forget he's actually a diminutive flake in real life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niceash Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 I am on the third book now. had a chuckle when I read the "new" description of JR, He has been working doing day labor digging swimming pools by hand :"I dropped 20 pounds sweating, then put back on 30, all muscle", now stands at 6'5" 250lbs. I thought that Jim Caviezel would have been good. Going to see the movie this weekend, good to hear it did not totally suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niceash Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Saw the Movie today, Wife and I both liked it. Standing on its own it was a pretty good, if formulaic, action movie. Tom brought a good mix of humor and menace to the part. I know there will be a lot of fans from the book series that will not be pleased with the on-screen version of Jack Reacher, but, if you have not read the books the movie stands up pretty well. If it does well they will have a lot of material to draw from, could be the next Die Hard franchise. (which we saw the trailer for the next installment for) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny hill Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Movie was great. Tom was good. Must have used a lot of short actors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hany Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 "Movie was great. Tom was good. Must have used a lot of short actors" That right there is funny! After Nicole and him divorced, the only comment she ever made was "At least I can wear heels again" I liked it too, predictable, but good fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarnburg Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 I saw the movie today and thought it was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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